Video Edit and VFX Artist
Resume:
Devon McFarland
Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer / Graphic Designer / VFX Artist / Photographer / Program Operations and Closed Captioning
EXPERIENCE
NBC Universal - Global Media Technician / Program Operations Contractor - Sep 2019 - Jun 2020
●Quality checked all media content prior to delivery
●Provided detailed notes to address any issues with the video, audio, and subtitles
●Utilized Wohler audio monitors to check audio sync and to identify the proper audio tracks
Starz Entertainment - Closed Caption / Program Operations Contractor - March 2019 - Aug 2019
●Created and conformed text files for broadcast of closed caption programming
●Adjusted timecodes and narrative information
●Managed media and text assets
Pineapple Ink - Lead 3D Generalist - June 2018
●Helped bring concept art to 3D
●Helped Coordinate 3D aspects between Director and Co Workers
●Help pull together all footage and put it into a presentation for Comic Con
●Helped film and record footage at Denver Comic Con 2018
Kimberly Metz Studio - Video Editor / Compositing Intern - 2018-2019
●Performed key extractions and Rotoscoping on provided footage in order to remove a dirty white background and replace it with a clean white background
●Put together all extracted footage into a commercial using adobe after effects
●Restored missing audio by using the original audio provided by the client
Freelance / Self Employed - Video Editor / Motion Graphic Design - 2011- Present
●Used 2D and 3D motion graphics and incorporated it into my edits
●Tracked 2D and 3D text into a cinematic
●Used cinema 4D to animate a 3D character and integrate him into a cinematic
●Replaced gunshot sounds and added music
●Synced footage to music and created seamless transitions between footage
●Using multiple plugins shown above to create custom color corrections
●Used audio of footage to create a narrator in the background of images
●I have a strong eye for color and creativity and an excellent sense of direction
●I am proficient in Photography and Lighting with a solid understanding in using DSLR cameras
EDUCATION
The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School - VFX Diploma, October 2017
●3D Modeling, Rigging and Animation, Look development and Lighting, Compositing, CG & Live Action Integration, Photography and Lightning, Green Screen Extraction, Mocap
●Trained to notice what good footage and bad footage looks like
●Taught by industry professionals I was given the experience needed to train me on how to film my own footage
Arapahoe Community College - Graphic Design Diploma, Jan 2015
●Photo Editing,Video Editing, Logo Design, Photography, Lighting, Illustration and Animation
Brigham Young University - Nov 2013
●Writing, Math, Project Management and Financing
PROJECTS
Trinity Education - Volunteer Video Editor - January 2019
●Created a 2D intro for the beginning of the edit using the trinity education logo and images provided by the client
●Used provided music to create seamless transitions between footage by using the beats of the music
●Color corrected footage and adjusted the black and white levels
●Created subtitles and forced narratives
●Proactivly applied all critiques and notes that were given by the client
Compositing
The Star Wars Concept Trailer: Angel Blue - The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School, 2017
●Marker removal, plate clean up
●Green screen plate extractions
●Color correction
●Grain and degrain
●Multi-Pass rendering using V-Ray
●CG integration with live action footage using alpha channels and rotoscoping
●Basic photography and lighting techniques
●Creating demo reel breakdowns in adobe premiere and after effects
YouTube - Social Media Video Editor - 2012 - 2016
●Freelancing for over 9 years for various YouTube channels
●Put together all raw footage into a cohesive story using my creativity
●Integrated 2D and 3D motion graphics into footage
●Integrated 3D animations into footage
●Tracked objects into footage
●Recorded footage through a game capture system
●Created YouTube intros using Element 3D and other plugins listed above
●Color Correcting, Color Grading
●Removed and replaced audio
●Used an ingame theater mode to help create ingame cinematics to help transition footage together smoothly
●Created thumbnails and YouTube banners
●Created YouTube intros
●Tons of problem solving experience
●Adhere deadlines that required me to take 12 to 15 pieces of raw footage recorded by team members and turn them into a 2-3 minute long edit. Some deadlines required us to create 1-2 episodes a week in order to keep up with the demand of content by viewers.
Contact Information:
*************@*****.***
https://dmcfarlandvfx.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-home
https://www.youtube.com/user/FuzionsEditz/videos?view_as=subscriber
SOFTWARE
●VizArt Suite
●Nuke
●Adobe After Effects
●Adobe Premiere
●Adobe Final Cut Pro
●Adobe Photoshop
●Adobe Illustrator
●Adobe InDesign
●Adobe Media Encoder
●Adobe Bridge
●MacCaption
●EZ Titles
●QC Review
●Media Player
●Media Navigator
●Sony Vegas Pro
●Autodesk Maya
●Modo
●Cinema 4D
●ZBrush
●Bonjour Tracking Software
●V-Ray Render Engine
●Canvas Instructor
●Deadline Slave
●Shotgun Studio
●Render Farm
●Microsoft Word
●Microsoft Excel
●Google Docs
●Quick Time
●Mediator X
●Jira
●Switch
●Iris QC Pro
Plugins
●Video Copilot Element 3D
●Video Copilot Twitch
●Video Copilot Optical Flares
●Video Copilot Shockwave
●RE:Vision Effects Twixtor
●Red Giant Magic Bullet
●Red Giant Trapcode
●Rowbyte Plexus
●GenArts Sapphire
●V-Ray
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